Word: bitterly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Remember Con Thien. Despite the customary verbal niceties, the debate was bitter and sarcastic, and widened even further the gulf between supporters and critics of the Administration's Viet Nam policies. Unfortunately, it also overshadowed an effective speech by Kuchel about his recent visit to Viet Nam. The Californian, who considers himself an "armed dove," left as a supporter of Johnson's policies, and returned even more firmly convinced that they are correct. "Other than Red China, North Korea and North Viet Nam," he said, "every country over there hopes to God we don't turn around...
...should set policy for the nation's public schools? Traditionally, this power has been invested in nonprofessional school boards and professional superintendents. In the wake of several bitter strikes, teachers' organizations are demanding a bigger voice in the establishment of educational goals...
After more than an hour of frequently bitter debate with the anti-war group, the Council voted unanimously to refer the petition to the Committee on Public Safety and Service. The referral in effect killed any possibility of Council action, since the committee's chairman, Councillor William G. Maher, is a bitter opponent of the petition...
...Ladies' Man. The Tunisians need all the help they can get. Their economy has been temporarily crippled by drought and tough foreign competition in phosphates, their chief export. Ever pragmatic, Bourguiba is taking the bitter pill prescribed by the bankers and sharply limiting spending. Still, it may be a few years before Tunisia is able to resume growth of 6% a year...
...Bitter Division...